Chapter 1259: Strength Speaks

Gawain doesn’t like Perspisil, which is nothing. It just so happens that Perspisil doesn’t like Gawain either. The two of them dislike each other and reach a consensus.

However, personal grudges are one thing, and using the Bryan brothers to harm others is another. Those shady little actions are so cheap and vulgar that they are disgusting.

Even if he doesn't like it, Gawain will never do sneaky tricks behind the scenes like Perspisil did. He just lowers his own standards. If he wants to beat the dog, there is no need to bite the dog. There are many better ways, and there is no need to humiliate himself.

For example, a fair contest.

Professional players should compete in a professional manner, why bother with those amateur moves? There is such an opportunity right in front of us.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that Gawain needs to take this game more seriously. He should despise the enemy strategically and take the enemy seriously tactically. This is the correct way to start the game.

The combination of Sok and Pospisil is not only not weak, but also very strong.

Perhaps, among amateur fans and spectators, their analysis is always very logical, just like they think that Gawain's Grand Slam championship is not significant enough, and that the Sock combination's championships so far are due to luck, and then emphasize that the strength of these players is mixed with water.

Blah blah.

But professionals would never think so. A champion is a champion, including luck. As long as they can win and reach the top, it is a manifestation of strength, because those unexpected factors that are criticized and complained by people are themselves part of the game.

Look at the performance of the combination of Sock and Pospisil. They have reached the finals in three consecutive Masters tournaments, Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo. This is definitely not luck. It is also an intuitive demonstration that they are both in the top five in the world doubles rankings at this stage, so they can be ranked as the second seed.

Objectively speaking, the only loopholes of the Sok combination are:

Red soil.

Both players are typical North American hard court players in singles. Their serve and forehand are powerful weapons. So far, the excellent results they have achieved as a partnership have basically all come from fast courts such as hard courts and grass courts. The inherent characteristics of clay have limited their performance.

This is the same as the Bryan brothers.

Sock is an unknown factor, though.

Sock is not a clay court expert. His singles and doubles results on clay courts are obviously not as good as those on hard courts and grass courts. But he is a smart man:

His forehand shot has strong variations, which also allows him to find some means to break the situation on clay, especially in doubles matches. This little change can give the game more possibilities for victory or defeat. There is no doubt that this is a variable that needs to be taken into consideration on the final stage.

For Gawain, the only thing he needs to do is to focus, focus, and focus.

This is a doubles match, with more variables and a closer match. Any slight negligence may cause the match to get out of your control.

This is exactly the result that Gao Wen does not want to see.

In 2015, the men's doubles final of the Monte Carlo Masters began.

The tense air and the hot atmosphere were clearly noticeable from the handshake before the game.

Gawain was about to shake hands with Pospisil, but Pospisil just hurriedly patted Gawain's hand; and, in sharp contrast, after displacing Gawain, Pospisil took the initiative to give Dimitrov a hug. The difference in treatment was clearly visible to everyone.

Dimitrov was stunned: Is this possible? Dimitrov had not expected Pospisil's move at all and was caught off guard. After the fight was over, he looked at Gawain in astonishment.

As a result, Gawain's mouth corners lifted up. Judging from this action, Pospisil's mental age was at most seven years old, no more.

It's childish behavior through and through.

Interestingly, Sok also did not see this coming.

Originally, Sok just shook hands politely with Dimitrov, and was about to shake hands with Gawain, but when he saw Pospisil's different treatment, Sok thought about it and simply gave Gawain a hug.

It just so happened that Sok and Pospisil were in a misaligned position. Both of them shook hands and hugged each other, like a mirror image. Is this... even?

The audience and the referee looked at the scene as if it were a pantomime performance, with a lot of question marks in their heads.

The atmosphere quietly sparked some sparks.

This tension and excitement continued into the game, with the two teams going back and forth and confronting each other, providing the audience with a wonderful doubles showdown.

In the coin-tossing stage, the Sok combination won and Pospisil chose to serve first.

This can be interpreted as Pospisil targeting Gawain and preparing to take the initiative, but from another perspective, the Sok combination has always been like this.

Serving is the strong point of both Sok and Pospisil. Once the coin toss is won, both of them often choose to serve first.

Moreover, generally speaking, Pospisil serves first, while Sock is responsible for the net. This kind of partnership is the way they are best at and the strongest way of playing.

Today is no exception.

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The beginning, the exploratory stage.

In fact, the two sides are not strangers.

Dimitrov has faced both players in singles. Against Pospisil, he won both matches without losing a set; against Sock, he played once in Stockholm last year, and Dimitrov won in three hard-fought sets.

Gao Wen has also met Pospisil before and remained undefeated without losing a set, but has never played against Sock.

From singles to doubles, the content of the game seems to be the same, but the details are completely different.

In the first game, Pospisil serves.

Although serving is also Pospisil's strong point, neither Gawain nor Dimitrov is afraid of them and their success rate of breaking serve is good.

In the final analysis, it is because Pospisil's serve lacks variety. It is basically a simple powerful flat serve, relying on speed and strength to suppress the opponent, but his strength lacks explosiveness, and it is not enough to suppress Gawain and Dimitrov, so the powerful flat serve may become a loophole for taking advantage of the opponent's force to launch a counterattack on the spot.

However, when it comes to doubles matches, the situation is different after some tactical adjustments.

Pospisil often chooses to serve close to the opponent and does not deliberately increase the angle, slightly suppressing Dimitrov's backhand or Gawain's forehand, compressing their hitting space and destroying the quality of the return serve.

Then, Soke, standing in front of the net, would rush to the net and intercept the ball as soon as possible. The whole tactical combination played very aggressively and adventurously, showing the youthful vigor, which was completely different from the previous opponents of the Gao Wen combination.

It can be seen that the Sock combination still treated the clay as hard court or even grass. All the ping-pong rounds were compressed into three shots. The tactical routines of both sides were very well coordinated, and there was not much room for adjustment. They successfully held their serve.

"roar!"

After winning four points in a row and holding his serve, Pospisil clenched his fists and roared, staring at Gawain with a sharp gaze and roaring.

(End of this chapter)